Diggs Breaks School Record in the 200 Meters at Rice Meet

Leopard Relays

La Grange will host the Leopard Relays High School track meet this Thursday March 2. Field events begin at 3:45 p.m.; Running begins around 5:30.

Austen Diggs, a La Grange High School junior broke the school record Thursday in the 200 meter run at the Rice Consolidated track meet. Diggs got 1st place, and he ran a personal best of 21.68. (Trey East ran a 21.7 when he was here. He now runs at the University of Houston).

Also, Diggs got first place in the 100 with a personal best of 10.89. He also anchored the first place 4x100 relay team, which included Jaden Williams, C.J. Davis and Lekavion Broussard.

Other local highlights from the meet include:

Flatonia’s Oscar Guerrero won the 400 meters with a time of 54.02.

Kobe Burton of Flatonia won the shot put with a throw of 48-0.

Flatonia’s Zach Charanza won the discus with a throw of 131-9.

On the girls side, La Grange’s Kylie Trlicek won the 200 meters with a time of 27.47.

Landri Hernandez of La Grange won the 400 meters with a time of 1:03.05.

La Grange’s Lyndie Edson won the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 18.10.

The La Grange girls 4x400 relay won first with a time of 4:20.65. That team included Landri Hernandez, Eleanor Carey, Ellee Sodolak and Diamond McKenzie.

RileyYouens of La Grange won the shot put with a throw of 35-1.

La Grange will host their home track meet this Thursday.

Boys Team Standings Rice Track Meet 1st Boling 144 2nd Hallettsville 124 3rd La Grange 83 4th Industrial 74 5th Rice 66 6th Columbus 60 7th Flatonia 30 8th Fayetteville 11 9th Weimar 8 10th Faith Academy 6

Girls Team Standings Rice Track Meet 1st Industrial 182 2nd La Grange 160 3rd Hallettsville 91 4th Columbus 87 5th Boling 46 6th Rice 28